If they ever get it in their heads to work together for the 'common good' to split up those two pairings....never mind, I can't allow myself to dare to hope for something that awesome.

Marlena is not a villain who plots with Stefano to butt into her kids live lives. The only people who would enjoy that are Sami fans who would LOVE seeing Marlena as the "bad guy". No thanks. Marlena is not that type of person. That is more like Kate.